Trapped in a man's body
The life and struggles of a transgender woman
By Sean Hart
Argus Observer
Sunday, April 12, 2009 2:11 AM PDT
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ONTARIO �" For 55 years, Emilie Jackson-Edney lived life as a male.
Jackson-Edney held down a construction job and had a wife of 36 years and two children.
He was devoted to his religion.
But something wasn't right.
Jackson-Edney was a man but did not feel that was her true identity.
"I knew something was different when I was 5 years old. You can try to suppress it, but it never goes away," Jackson-Edney said. "For me, I tried to be the uber-male. ... It was pretty shocking to a lot of people when I came out. I was just as male as I could be, but I didn't feel that was me."
Three and a half years ago, Jackson-Edney, now 60, chose to undergo surgery to become what she always felt she was: a woman.